WEBVTT HE IS LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT WITH WHAT THEY SAID. JONATHAN: THAT SUSPECT IS RIGHT OVER HERE IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL. WE’RE LEARNING SOME NEW HEARTBREAKING DETAILS IN THIS CASE. I DO WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME OF WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR IS DISTURBING. 22-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BRADLEY IN JAIL AND FACING A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. HIS VICTIM, THIS 8-MONTH-OLD LITTLE GIRL. FAMILY MEMBERS GIVING US THESE PHOTOS OF AMILIA TUELL, WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, FROM INJURIES SUFFERED ON SUNDAY. >> IT’S A VERY HARD THING FOR INVESTIGATORS TO DEAL WITH AS IT IS ANYBODY. JONATHAN: ACCORDING TO NEW COURT DOCUMENTS, AMILIA’S MOTHER LEFT THE BABY ALONE WITH HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND, BRADLEY, ON SUNDAY MORNING NEAR SE 48TH AND SOONER. BUT WHEN SHE RETURNED AN HOUR LATER, THE BABY WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. AT THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS DETERMINED AMILIA HAD BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO HER HEAD, FRACTURES TO HER SPINE, AND TRAUMA TO HER ABDOMEN, LIVER, AND PANCREAS. DOCUMENTS SAY OFFICERS QUESTIONED BRADLEY, WHO CLAIMS HE ACCIDENTLY DROPPED AMILIA WHILE HOLDING HER. BUT DOCTORS SAY THE INJURIES SHE SUFFERED DON’T MATCH THE STORY, AND BRADLEY WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL WITH NO BOND. FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE SET UP A GO-FUND-ME PAGE TO PAY FOR THE BABY’S FUNERAL. WE’VE INCLUDED A LINK TO THAT ON YOUR KOCO MOBILE APP

A murder charge has been filed against a 22-year-old man accused of killing an 8-month-old Oklahoma City girl, according to court documents.Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater on Tuesday filed a first-degree murder charge against Michael Lee Bradley, who was arrested last week in the death of his girlfriend's child, Amelia Tuell. Shortly after 12:45 p.m. July 1, police were called to a home in the 5000 block of Crosby Drive, near Southeast 44th Street and Sooner Road, to check on the baby's welfare. Officers found Amelia, who was having trouble breathing and was unresponsive, according to court documents.Amelia was taken to OU Children's Hospital, where a doctor said she had suffered several injuries, including compression fractures to her spine, a laceration to her liver and an injured pancreas, court documents said. The 8-month-old girl underwent surgery to remove a portion of her skull to relieve pressure on her bleeding, swelling brain, according to the documents.Amelia died July 2.The girl's mother told investigators that she left her home around 11:30 a.m. July 1 and walked to a nearby store, leaving Amelia in good health with her live-in boyfriend, Bradley, court documents said. She said she was gone for about an hour.Bradley reported that Amelia was playing with toys when her mother left for the store and that a baby gate had been put up in the room so the baby couldn't get out, court documents said. He then said he went back to his bedroom and fell asleep for an unknown amount of time.According to court documents, when Bradley woke up, he went to check on Amelia and found her slumped over on the floor and lying face down. He told investigators that he thought she was sleeping, so he tried to pick her up gently and noticed that she was limp, court documents said.Bradley then said he knew something was wrong and, while trying to exit the room, he tripped over the baby gate and dropped Amelia from about chest-high.While talking to investigators, Bradley admitted that he and the baby's mother argued about children and that he sometimes blacks out when he gets "really mad," court documents said. He reported that if he had done anything to Amelia, he didn't remember doing it and that what happened was an accident.A doctor at OU Children's Hospital determined that Bradley's story was not consistent with Amelia's injuries, according to court documents. Bradley was initially arrested on a complaint of child abuse, but the complaint was later amended to first-degree murder.

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A murder charge has been filed against a 22-year-old man accused of killing an 8-month-old Oklahoma City girl, according to court documents.

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater on Tuesday filed a first-degree murder charge against Michael Lee Bradley, who was arrested last week in the death of his girlfriend's child, Amelia Tuell.

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Shortly after 12:45 p.m. July 1, police were called to a home in the 5000 block of Crosby Drive, near Southeast 44th Street and Sooner Road, to check on the baby's welfare. Officers found Amelia, who was having trouble breathing and was unresponsive, according to court documents.

Amelia was taken to OU Children's Hospital, where a doctor said she had suffered several injuries, including compression fractures to her spine, a laceration to her liver and an injured pancreas, court documents said. The 8-month-old girl underwent surgery to remove a portion of her skull to relieve pressure on her bleeding, swelling brain, according to the documents.

Amelia died July 2.

The girl's mother told investigators that she left her home around 11:30 a.m. July 1 and walked to a nearby store, leaving Amelia in good health with her live-in boyfriend, Bradley, court documents said. She said she was gone for about an hour.

Bradley reported that Amelia was playing with toys when her mother left for the store and that a baby gate had been put up in the room so the baby couldn't get out, court documents said. He then said he went back to his bedroom and fell asleep for an unknown amount of time.

According to court documents, when Bradley woke up, he went to check on Amelia and found her slumped over on the floor and lying face down. He told investigators that he thought she was sleeping, so he tried to pick her up gently and noticed that she was limp, court documents said.

Bradley then said he knew something was wrong and, while trying to exit the room, he tripped over the baby gate and dropped Amelia from about chest-high.

While talking to investigators, Bradley admitted that he and the baby's mother argued about children and that he sometimes blacks out when he gets "really mad," court documents said. He reported that if he had done anything to Amelia, he didn't remember doing it and that what happened was an accident.

A doctor at OU Children's Hospital determined that Bradley's story was not consistent with Amelia's injuries, according to court documents. Bradley was initially arrested on a complaint of child abuse, but the complaint was later amended to first-degree murder.